Yarra Glen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNODOD| Where the Yarra dreams along | A |
| Now in shadow now in sun | B |
| Murmuring a drowsy song | A |
| Here she rests the placid one | B |
| Here she rests and takes her ease | C |
| Peaceful home of cattlemen | B |
| Haste and hustle things like these | C |
| Touch her lightly Yarra Glen | D |
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| Easy flow with little care | E |
| Flows her rich river flats | F |
| 'Mid the lush green grasses where | E |
| Roam the milkers and the fats | F |
| Where the sun tanned herdsmen ride | G |
| Leisurely about green fields | H |
| Sloping to the river side | G |
| Rich with Nature's kindly yields | H |
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| Well content to drift and dream | I |
| Life's high fever stirs her not | J |
| Land of cows and corn and cream | I |
| By the hastening world forgot | J |
| Something here of olden days | K |
| Lingers still to wake anew | L |
| Memories of placid ways | K |
| That her staid forefathers knew | L |
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| In this calm backwater set | M |
| Here she drowses well in call | N |
| Of the city's fume and fret | M |
| Yet oblivious to it all | N |
| Wisely she forgoes the gift | O |
| That fast living brings to men | D |
| Well content to dream and drift | O |
| Happy rustic Yarra Glen | D |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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